McLaren concedes rivals have done ‘a better job’

McLaren need to accept that rival teams have done a “better job” with their all-new 2022 cars, says team boss Andreas Seidl.

This season marked the beginning of Formula 1’s new ground effect aerodynamic era, the sport adopting a new philosophy to create downforce in a bid to improve the racing.

The teams were warned that some will get it right, and at least one or two will get it very wrong.

McLaren, at least at this moment in time, seem to fall into the latter category.

Fourth in last year’s Constructors’ Championship, the Woking team has managed to get just one car into the top-ten in the opening two races of this season with Lando Norris P7 at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.

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The team has previously conceded that the MCL36 has “fundamental problems” and that it won’t be a quick fix.

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It is a marked difference to last season when McLaren were fighting Ferrari for third in the standings.

Now Ferrari are fighting for race wins, leading both championships, and McLaren are down in eighth place with six points on the board.

“In the end, we have to accept that other teams did a better job than us over